I got that first record out, it came out in '47... Then my name began to ring around. I began to take over. From that point, I tell you, Chicago was in my hand, all the more time that those guys had to listen to me.

I got your strand of hair, I kiss it day and night.

My blues are so simple, but so few people can play it right

I wanted to get out of Mississippi in the worst way. Go back? What I want to go back for?

That Mississippi sound, that Delta sound is in them old records. You can hear it all the way through.

I got that first record out, it came out in '47... Then my name began to ring around. I began to take over. From that point, I tell you, Chicago was in my hand, all the more time that those guys had to listen to me.

The blues had a baby and they called it rock and roll.